I was discussing with one of my friend about Italy price cap on surgical mask to control speculation. He says price cap does not allow industries to invest more to increase the production that would ...

I am doing a report on whether environmental regulation has an impact on goods exports for the UK (Using difference-in-differences). I have export data from 1990 to 2018 split by SITC codes. However, ...

When I buy a stock I don't actually buy anything. My broker gives money to Goldman Sachs which gives a share at an arbitrary price. And they collect a profit on the difference between the price for ...

Capital represents the loss-absorbing capacity of a bank. I do not understand how shares issued in the past provide any indication of a bank's loss-absorbing capacity. I understand that common equity ...

I can't see any economic argument for banning insider trading. In general, the point of allowing financial securities to be traded is to ensure that they are properly valued. "Insiders" seem better ...

One argument against a completely free market economy without "government" oversight is the tendency towards anti-competitive behavior. The argument is that government laws are needed to prevent anti-...

Regardless of the morality of progressive taxes, the economical benefit of progressive tax is at least debatable. But could a highly progressive tax replace at least some of the american/european anti-...

One of Trump´s stated policies is that he will renegotiate the trade agreements with China and the Canada and México (NAFTA). This renegotiation might go well in which maybe the US gets freer access ...

What I mean by that putting a regulation on businesses that says they can't spend more on advertising than expanding their business.
I know something like this would be very hard to regulate, but I'...

Some countries (e.g. Sweden and Denmark) plan to abolish physical cash in the future and restrict the use of cash to electronical deposits. One of the reasons for this is to prevent hoarding / boost ...

I recently read an excellent paper on the causes of high urban real estate prices in the United States, Why is Manhattan so expensive? Regulation and the rise in house prices (GLAESER, GYOURKO, and ...

If you buy stocks of a company you are buying a share in that business.
If you buy bonds from the same company you are essentially loaning them money for future payment.
I am guessing (correct me if ...

I am trying to find references that support an idea that I think I read in a book on theory of institutions. I can't find the original reference. Basically, I'd like to find anything that talks about ...

Does anyone know of any work on banking system behaviour, and in particular the governing regulatory frameworks that applied between the 1973 collapse of the gold standard based Bretton Woods system ...